Police investigate alleged burning of property at Ahyiaem - Adomonline.com

They also subjected three of the labourers to severe beatings before cutting down most of the newly planted mango trees on the farm.

They were asking for the whereabouts of our manager and when we failed to produce him, they continued to beat us before setting the structure ablaze.”

He said the residents took them to the chief of the area and they were subjected to further beatings.

“I cried a lot after witnessing what they did to the guys

Even as I stand here with you, I am still afraid because they told us they will attack us again anytime they see us here,” she added.

He also urged the government to help fish out the perpetrators so they face the law.

He, however, denied the claims by the farmers that they are the rightful owners of the lands.